ZAGREB, Sept 17 (Hina) - The Association of Croatian Navy Volunteers (UDHRM) has called on all Homeland War soldiers to support normal communication and dialogue with democratically elected bodies of authority. "Ultimatums, open
threats and calls (for soldiers) to take up weapons represent a direct attack on the dignity of Croatian soldiers," the association said in a statement on Sunday. The bodies of the law-based state, particularly police and judiciary, must not stand under any pressure, and they have to carry out their tasks in the spirit of the Constitution and law, the statement read. Reporters, politicians and all those who make public statements have to be aware of their responsibility. "Prejudging anyone's guilt only increases harmful tensions, and individual responsibility can and must be established exclusively in a court of law. Radicalisation and dramatising is not acceptable n
ZAGREB, Sept 17 (Hina) - The Association of Croatian Navy
Volunteers (UDHRM) has called on all Homeland War soldiers to
support normal communication and dialogue with democratically
elected bodies of authority. "Ultimatums, open threats and calls
(for soldiers) to take up weapons represent a direct attack on the
dignity of Croatian soldiers," the association said in a statement
on Sunday.
The bodies of the law-based state, particularly police and
judiciary, must not stand under any pressure, and they have to carry
out their tasks in the spirit of the Constitution and law, the
statement read.
Reporters, politicians and all those who make public statements
have to be aware of their responsibility. "Prejudging anyone's
guilt only increases harmful tensions, and individual
responsibility can and must be established exclusively in a court
of law. Radicalisation and dramatising is not acceptable nor are
attempts at manipulating the public out of selfish and political
reasons," the statement read.
Homeland War soldiers do not need extra-institutional solutions,
but good cooperation with legal representatives of the Croatian
authority so that current misunderstandings with a smaller part of
soldiers could be solved in Croatia's interest, the statement
read.
(hina) rml